2000 in Ontario and Alberta, as well as a version for Canadian students, Strangers Becoming Us, to be used in the classroom, seeking to move his research from the realm of scientific research to policy debate. Strangers Becoming Us is still in use in all public elementary and high schools in Canada. Beiser, now retired, was Professor of Distinction at Toronto Metropolitan University. Books Today's Priorities in Mental Health: Knowing and Doing, 1978, co-editor with Robert Krell, Tsung-yi Lin, and Milton H. Miller. Strangers at the Gate, 1999 Personal life He lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and in Grignan, France, with his husband, author J. Timothy Hunt. He has five sons: David Beiser, director of the International Grants Program, AYUSA Global Youth Exchange; award-winning journalist Vince Beiser; film and television actor Brendan Beiser and twins Daniel and Rowan Beiser. He is the cousin of computer science author Boris Beizer. Awards, recognition, and residencies National Health Scholar and Scientist Awards, Canada’s National Health Research and Development Program (1981–1999) Honorary Member, Belgian Royal Society of Medicine (1975) Distinguished Scholar Award, Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation (1974–1975) University of Toronto Beverley Distinguished Professor Award (1988) Joey and Tobey Tanenbaum Research Award (1994) Rockefeller Foundation Resident Scholar Award (1995) Canadian Psychiatric Association Award for Research in Psychiatric Epidemiology (2002) Queen’s Golden Jubilee medal (2002) Member of the Order of Canada (2004) Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal (2012) References Members of the Order of Canada Toronto Metropolitan University faculty Canadian medical researchers Canadian psychiatrists Harvard School of Public Health faculty University of Toronto faculty People from Regina, Saskatchewan 1936 births Living people Duke University Trinity College of Arts and Sciences alumni Weill Cornell Medical College alumni Canadian LGBT scientists LGBT academics